Musewu Surname

556,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Musewu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musewu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Zimbabwe1701:90,81313,040
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080

Musewu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Musewu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Musewu has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musewu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 556,360th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,740,465 people. Musewu is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Musewu reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Musewu is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Other than Malawi Musewu exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mushewu9220/
Mutsewu921/
Musawu8318,050/
Musevu83155/
Mugewu8371/
Misewu8338/
Muzewu8334/
Musebu8327/
Musiwu832/
Musowu831/
Mushebu7770/
Musebau7710/
Mushowu779/
Musawau775/
Mushawu772/
Mutsiwu771/
Musiwau771/
Mutsiwau7110/
Muisebau711/
Mutsevhu711/
Musavu67196/
Musibu6788/
Muzawu6749/
Misawu6713/
Mujiwu674/
Musivu673/
Muxebu671/
Mujevu671/
Muziwu671/
Mizewu671/
Misiwu671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Musewu
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